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Newspaper
Bennington Banner
Location
Bennington, Vermont, United States of America
Date
Oct 03, 1974
Page
4
The Bennington Banner is published daily except Sundays and holidays by the Banner Publishing Corporation at 425 Main Street Bennington Vermont 05201.
President Ford's choice of Peter Flanigan as ambassador to Spain provokes anger on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee amid charges of post selling. Kalmbach and McGovern decry the practice as senators wrestle with whether such nominations reflect abuse of presidential patronage and constitutional consent.
In Bennington region orchards Harwood Hill and Southern Vermont Orchards showcase early and late season apples. Nancy Bohne lists Wealthy Close Red Astrachan Dutchess Paula Red and Four by Four among early picks, with McIntosh Red Delicious Cortland and Rhode Island Greening in supply. Late-season hopes include Delcon Belleflower and Sheepsnose or Gilliflower, plus Spartan Russet Staymen and Rome Beauty. A Johnny Appleseed birthday note and an apple tasting fondue party add local color.
In Bennington County voters rejected a 200000 proposal to renovate the Bennington Superior Courthouse to house both Superior and District Courts. The note cites inadequate facilities including lack of jury boxes meeting rooms and lavatories and describes uncomfortable heat and noisy surroundings hindering court proceedings.
Samuel Lovejoy, 27, Amherst alumnus and commune farmer, toppled a weather tower at a proposed Montague nuclear plant site. He was acquitted on a legal technicality after testifying that the tower was real property, not personal property, a verdict that spared a jury from classifying his act as vandalism or civil disobedience.
The trial judge Kent B. Smith rebuked Lovejoy for using civil disobedience as a defense by likening his act to burglars who targeted Ellsberg's psychiatrist. He argued Lovejoy damaged a legal weather tower and risked harm to bystanders, citing a 1970 Wisconsin University bombing as a tragic example. A juror advised Lovejoy simply not to repeat the act.
Lawrence E. Harrington of Bennington urges Vermont State School Directors Association members to gather before the October 19 annual meeting at Cortina Inn Killington to discuss resolutions on district reorganization and Title 16 educational laws. He stresses local control, bylaw procedures, and the need for member turnout to shape school funding and policy.
The passage contrasts desire for cheap unlimited energy with environmental protection, noting neither ideal energy nor perfect ecology will emerge. Cited author Philip H. Abelson of Science magazine comments on President Ford and the enduring public reaction to events of the Nixon era.
A Bennington man once living in a cellar on a Beech Street side street loved chiming bells. He mounted several bells around and atop his house and rang them at all hours, earning the street the enduring nickname Chimes Street.
A poem blends autumn cider imagery with a narrative of love on a ripened orchard day. The speaker recalls riding with Bess amid maples and red leaves, comparing her beauty to Atlas’s daughter and the joy of harvest. The page also includes quotes from public figures discussing politics and inflation.
In this Milwaukee Sentinel excerpt, discussions by Rabin Ford and Kissinger on fueling war fears and oil influence are analyzed. The piece argues fears may drive policy shifts away from war toward cooperation, noting Arab unity gaps, U.S. sacrifice dynamics, and Israel's bolster. It ends with an MIT joke about assuming a can opener.
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